Fountain Valley High

Fountain Valley High is hosting a poker tournament fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday at The Center at Founders Village Senior and Community Center, 17967 Bushard St., Fountain Valley. Proceeds benefit all Fountain Valley High programs. For registration and other information, contact Glenn Grandis at (714) 457-3557. * Club volleyball tryout is Saturday Club H Volleyball of Huntington Beach will hold tryout sessions for its 2012-13 season starting Saturday at Golden West College.

Ray Fenton, who guided Cypress to a CIF Southern Section Southern Division title in 2007, has been named Fountain Valley High's new football coach, the school announced in an email Friday. The email announcement was titled, "The Return of Ray Fenton to Orange County," and was sent by Fountain Valley assistant principal Joseph Fraser, the school's activities director. Fenton comes to the Barons from Webb Prep in Claremont, where he served as the head football coach and athletic director.

MANHATTAN BEACH — Brad Keenan has seen the progress this year with partner Nick Lucena For Keenan, the ex-Fountain Valley High standout, it has been a struggle at times. And he undoubtedly would have liked to have done even better last weekend at the Assn. of Volleyball Professionals Manhattan Beach Open, considered the “granddaddy” of the tour. Keenan and Lucena settled for third after losing a marathon semifinal match to eventual champions Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal, 21-16, 14-21, 13-15.

There’s no shortage of intrigue when the Edison and Fountain Valley High football teams meet Friday night at Cal State Fullerton, in what promises to be a “Battle for the Bell” for the ages. Both teams are 8-0, 3-0 in league. The winner of the rivalry game in its 41st year takes sole possession of first place in the Sunset League, with one game left in the regular season. Fountain Valley is also looking to win the bell back for the first time since 2004, so there’s that aspect as well.

Marina High baseball will launch both its Game Camp and Fundamental Training Camp for players of all ages starting Wednesday at the Marina baseball fields. The Game Camp will run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and two sessions are available. Session 1 starts Wednesday and Session 2 opens July 8. The cost per session is $180. For both sessions, the cost is $340. The Fundamental Training Camp will run between noon and 2 p.m. Two sessions are available: Session 1 starts Wednesday and Session 2 starts July 8. The cost per session is $180.

Paula Pisani Fountain Valley High School Kiwin's Club, a Kiwanis-sponsored youth group, took home more awards than any of the clubs in the Amethyst Division during last month's 24th annual convention. Sponsored by the Kiwanis of California, Nevada and Hawaii, the convention was attended by nearly 600 students, including 19 representing Edison and Fountain Valley high schools. The convention, dubbed "Kiwin's Service Through the Century," was held at the Ontario Marriott Hotel on April 14 through April 16. This year's convention had the largest turnout ever, according to regional advisor Caryn Birch.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY - Roger Holmes figured his Fountain Valley High boys' basketball team would face, as the veteran coach put it Monday, a "monumental task," when the Barons faced Inglewood Friday. What awaited the Sunset League champions in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1AA playoffs was a seasoned Inglewood team. The Sentinels won the Division 2AA title a year ago before moving up two divisions for the 2012-13 season. They also returned all five starters from that title-winning team.

Fountain Valley High alumnus Ken Margerum is one of 16 players and two coaches from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision who have been selected as 2009 inductees to the College Football Hall of Fame. Margerum, 50, now serves as an assistant football coach at San Jose State University. He was formerly head football coach at Menlo College and receivers coach at Stanford and the University of Hawaii. Margerum, who graduated from Fountain Valley High in 1977, went on to a standout career as receiver for Stanford.

While most first-round playoff games will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, the Fountain Valley High-Long Beach Poly game will kickoff at 7 p.m. at Veterans Stadium. Poly school officials had asked the CIF Southern Section office for the time change, which was granted . . . The Servite-Edison and Ocean View-Irvine tilts will still start at 7:30 p.m. . . . Fountain Valley High will make its sixth straight postseason appearance . . . The Barons will face Long Beach Poly in the opening round for the third time in four years.

Isaiah Romero rushed for two touchdowns and also had an interception to lead the Fountain Valley Jaguars to a 34-0 shutout of the Garden Grove Panthers Saturday in Pee Wee Division action. Quarterback Josh Perez connected with Wayne Glisson on a 35 yard touchdown pass and Justin Dawson and Shane Webber scored on two goal line carries behind an offensive line of Kevin Loyola, Eric Ceja, and Zach Cortner, as the Pee Wee Jaguars improved to 3-1. Viken Bitar was Fountain Valley's top receiver with four receptions for 67 yards.

Marina High baseball will launch both its Game Camp and Fundamental Training Camp for players of all ages starting Wednesday at the Marina baseball fields. The Game Camp will run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and two sessions are available. Session 1 starts Wednesday and Session 2 opens July 8. The cost per session is $180. For both sessions, the cost is $340. The Fundamental Training Camp will run between noon and 2 p.m. Two sessions are available: Session 1 starts Wednesday and Session 2 starts July 8. The cost per session is $180.

Andre Vu of Fountain Valley High capped his 2013 season and career with the Barons on Wednesday at the CIF Boys' Golf State Championship. Vu finished in a four-way tie for 19th place with a three-over-par 74 at Quail Lodge in Carmel. Jack Chung of Sunny Hills won the individual title with a five-under 66. Vu, a senior who committed to UC Riverside earlier this year, advanced to the state final after finishing among the top six golfers on May 30 at the CIF/SCGA Regional Qualifier Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena.

Edison High senior Richard Graham recently gathered his and Fountain Valley High's jazz bands for what many hope will become an annual performance. The Edison High School Black Box Theater was the venue for the show May 23. It was the first in which the two groups performed together. The performance was the culmination of Richard's senior CIBACS (Center for International Business and Communication Studies) project. CIBACS is a four-year program at Edison featuring competitive projects, job shadowing and internships with business partners.

Huntington Beach High needed a win on the final day of the regular season on May 9, to stay in the conversation for the CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs. The Oilers stayed relevant by winning, 5-0, at Edison. The victory led to a playoff berth that they were awarded Monday and on Tuesday they remained alive in Division 1 postseason play. Huntington went to Riverside to battle ML King in a Division 1 wild-card game between teams that were at-large entries to the playoffs.

The final week of the Sunset League baseball race sure made things interesting. Prior to the closing day of league play on May 9, Fountain Valley High already had won the Sunset League baseball championship. The Barons finished league play with a 12-3 record, one game ahead of fast-charging Marina which took second place with an 11-4 record. In a battle for CIF playoff consideration, Huntington Beach defeated Edison to finish fourth in league. The Barons had a three-game lead in the Sunset standings going into the final week.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - For Fountain Valley High's sake, the Barons had to be happy to have already sewn up the Sunset League baseball title before this week's two-game series with Marina. The Vikings, on the other hand, had to wish that the league race had one more week to it. For the second time in a 24-hour period, Marina defeated Fountain Valley. Thursday's league and regular season finale for both teams belonged to the Vikings who bolted to a big lead early and never looked back, in claiming an 8-3 victory on senior day. A day earlier at Fountain Valley, the Vikings knocked off the second-ranked Barons, 8-5. Thursday's win allowed Marina, which increased its win streak to five games, to take the league series, 2-1. Fountain Valley won the first meeting between the teams, 3-2, on March 28 at Marina.

The Fountain Valley High express keeps on churning. The Barons and Newport Harbor got a jump on the rest of their Sunset League baseball brethren by playing on Tuesday and on their home field, the Barons produced a 13-3 victory over the Sailors. Fountain Valley, which leads the Sunset race at 8-0, scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth to take control and had 17 hits for the game. Daniel Patzlaff went two for four with a home run and four runs batted in, Brock Lundquist went three for four with a home run, and John Shattles, Justin Brand and Jordan Lucio all went two for four.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY - Roger Holmes figured his Fountain Valley High boys' basketball team would face, as the veteran coach put it Monday, a "monumental task," when the Barons faced Inglewood Friday. What awaited the Sunset League champions in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1AA playoffs was a seasoned Inglewood team. The Sentinels won the Division 2AA title a year ago before moving up two divisions for the 2012-13 season. They also returned all five starters from that title-winning team.

It was just the perfect fit. That's why Nothing Bundt Cakes co-Founder Dena Tripp decided to bring her company, which franchised a few years ago, to 16622 Beach Blvd., Suite 102 in Huntington Beach, just a few miles from her hometown of Fountain Valley. She and her husband, Blaine, both graduated from Fountain Valley High School. "There was only one choice in my mind as to where the perfect bakery would be and that was Beach Boulevard," said Tripp, who moved to Las Vegas to start a family and her business in the late 1990s.

After playing 10 games in a 14-day span to start its season, the Fountain Valley High boys' basketball team is on a 10-day hiatus. The Barons went into the break on a successful note, having gone 9-1 in those 10 games. They ended the run by claiming the Valley Christian Tournament championship Saturday by defeating Santa Clara, 69-67, in the title game. Fountain Valley began the tournament with wins over Whittier Christian (82-63) and St. Paul (68-53). The Barons then beat host Valley Christian, 60-50, in the semifinals, before edging Santa Clara in the final.